Title
BILL 147 (2025), TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS FOR ADOPTING REAL PROPERTY TAX RATES AND TIERS (RPTR-12)
Description
The Committee is in receipt of Bill 147 (2025), entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3.48.565, MAUI COUNTY CODE, TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS FOR ADOPTING REAL PROPERTY TAX RATES AND TIERS.” Bill 147’s purposes are to:
1) revise meeting and notice procedures for the increase or decrease of Real Property Tax rates and tiers by removing:
a) the three-week deadline to set the rates and tiers after an initial public meeting on the range of rates and tiers the Council is considering; and
b) the requirement that the date, time, and place of the meeting to set the rates and tiers be announced at the initial public meeting; and
2) require the Mayor’s proposed rates and tiers transmitted with the proposed annual budget to take effect if the Council does not adopt a resolution by June 20.
Status
The Committee may consider whether to recommend passage of Bill 147 (2025) on first reading, with or without revisions. The Committee may also consider the filing of Bill 147 (2025) and other related action.